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E v e n t : P a r t i c i p a n t B i o g r a p h i e s page 80 | Ready to Share: Fashion & the Ownership of Creativity FPO Barbara Bundy John Seely Brown T Bone Burnett barbara bundy Barbara Bundy is Vice President of Education of The Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising/FIDM. She is responsible for the administration of all educational programs, the Resource and Research Center, Career Development Center and all studentservicing departments on the college’s four campuses — Los Angeles, San Francisco, Orange County and San Diego. She also serves on the four-member Board of Administration that oversees all college activities; is a member of the FIDM Scholarship Foundation Board; and is a Board Member of the FIDM Museum Foundation, which houses a collection of over 10,000 costumes, accessories and rare textiles. Additionally, Bundy developed and co-chairs an Advanced Study Program in International Manufacturing and Product Development, which prepares students to enter the global community of manufacturing and product development. She has been a speaker for the college and the fashion and apparel industry at international events in Mexico, Russia, Italy, France, Japan, Hong Kong and Korea. Bundy joined FIDM in 1978 as Executive Director of Education, following a career in retail buying and management. She began her career at Bullock’s Wilshire and Robinson’s Department stores, now a division of May Department stores. Bundy is active in numerous professional and civic organizations. She serves on the Boards of Directors of the Junior League of Los Angeles, Costume Council of LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art) and Junior Philharmonic Committee. She was a member of the Advisory Board for the Los Angeles Unified School District’s Fashion Magnate High School and she served on the Mayor’s Fashion Promotion Advisory Committee under Mayor Bradley. A fourth-generation Californian, Bundy attended UCLA and received her degree in business administration from Mount St. Mary’s College. john seely brown John Seely Brown is a visiting scholar at University of Southern California and previously was the Chief Scientist of Xerox Corporation and the director of its Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) — a position he held for nearly two decades. While head of PARC, Brown expanded the role of corporate research to include such topics as organizational learning, complex adaptive systems, ethnographic studies of the workscape, and MEMS and NANO technologies. He was a co-founder of the Institute for Research on Learning (IRL). His personal research interests include the management of radical innovation, digital culture, ubiquitous computing and organizational and individual learning. Brown — or, as he is often called, JSB — is a member of the National Academy of Education and a Fellow of the American Association for Artificial Intelligence and of AAAS, and a Trustee of Brown University and the MacArthur Foundation. He serves on numerous public boards of directors (Amazon, Corning, Polycom, Varian Medical Systems) and on various private boards. He has published over 100 papers in scientific journals and was awarded the Harvard Business Review’s 1991 McKinsey Award for his article, “Research That Reinvents the Corporation,” and again in 2002 for his article, “Your Next IT Strategy.” In 1997, he published the book Seeing Differently: Insights on Innovation. He was an executive producer for the film Art • Lunch • Internet • Dinner, which won a bronze medal at Worldfest 1994, the Charleston International Film Festival. With Paul Duguid, he co-authored the acclaimed book The Social Life of Information (HBS Press, 2000) that has been translated into nine languages, with a second edition in April 2002. And with John Hagel, he has written The Only Sustainable Edge: Why Business Strategy Depends on Productive Friction and Dynamic Specialization (HBS Press, 2005). JSB received a B.A. from Brown University in 1962 in mathematics and physics and a Ph.D. from University of Michigan in 1970 in computer and communication sciences. t bone burnett Born Joseph Henry Burnett in St. Louis, Missouri, T Bone Burnett grew up in Fort Worth, Texas, where he first made records in 1965, producing Texas Blues, country, and rock and roll bands. In the early-1970s, he relocated to Los Angeles, where he still lives and works as a producer and recording artist. In 1975, he toured with Bob Dylan’s Rolling Thunder Review before forming his own group, the Alpha Band, with others from the tour. Burnett returned to recording solo in the late-1970s and has gone on to record numerous critically acclaimed albums under his own name. In the last five years, he has written music for two Sam Shepard plays — Tooth of Crime (Second Dance) and The Late Henry Moss — and composed music for a production of Bertolt Brecht’s Mother Courage and Her Children by Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre Company. In 2000 Burnett produced the soundtrack for O Brother, Where Art Thou? The album sold multimillions and won multiple Grammys, including Album of the Year and Producer of the Year for Burnett. With Academy Award-winning filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen, he formed DMZ Records, a joint venture with Columbia Records, and produced the label’s inaugural releases: a new album by the legendary bluegrass musician Ralph Stanley and the Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood soundtrack. He was nominated for an Academy Award in 2004 as co-writer, along with Elvis Costello, of “The Scarlet Tide” from the Civil War epic film Cold Mountain. Burnett served as Executive Music Producer for the film and produced its soundtrack album. The Cold Mountain soundtrack, released on DMZ Records, earned Burnett and composer Gabriel Yared a British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) award for achievement in film music in February 2004. The Cold Mountain soundtrack also spawned a second Academy Award-nominated song, “You Will Be My Ain True Love,” which was written by Sting and produced by Burnett. The Cold Mountain soundtrack garnered six Grammy nominations, including Best Compilation Soundtrack and Best Song Written For A Motion Picture, Television Or Other Visual Media for “The Scarlet Tide.” Burnett also was nominated for Producer of The Year. A prolific and versatile producer, Burnett has produced highly successful recordings for Sam Phillips, Elvis Costello, Roy Orbison, Counting Crows, The Wallflowers, Tony Bennett, k.d. lang and Gillian Welch, among others. He most recently produced the soundtrack to the Coen Brothers’ film The Ladykillers, as well as the critically acclaimed debut from one of music’s new buzz bands, Autolux. ted cohen Senior Vice President of Digital Development & Distribution for EMI Music Ted Cohen oversees worldwide digital business development for this “big five” record company, which includes the Capitol, Virgin, Angel/Blue Note, Parlophone and Chrysalis labels. Under Cohen’s guidance, EMI has led the industry with its initiatives in new technologies and new business models. In addition to seeking out, evaluating and executing business opportunities for the company, Cohen serves as a strategist and key decisionmaker for EMI’s global new media and anti-piracy efforts. He has worked to establish company-wide digital policies, which have provided EMI’s artists and labels a substantial advantage in the digital music arena. Cohen co-founded and served as chairman of the groundbreaking Webnoize conferences. He currently chairs MidemNet, an international music-technology conference convened in Cannes each year. Cohen also serves on the Board of Directors for the Neil Bogart Memorial Fund, co-chairs the new media arm of the T.J. Martell Foundation and lends his time to the Grammy In The Schools program. danger mouse In 2004, artist-producer Danger Mouse was named a GQ Man of the Year; called “Eccentric Genius of the Year” by SPIN; hailed as “The Hottest Hip-Hop Producer in the World” by NME; honored with Album of the Year by Entertainment Weekly; and added to Q Magazine’s list of the “Industry’s 100 Most Influential People.” Danger Mouse, AKA Brian Burton, gained his instant notoriety after producing the Grey Album, a unique hybrid of The Beatles’ White Album and Jay-Z’s Black Album. The infamous album forever raised the bar on hip-hop experimentalism and was dubbed a “bootleg masterpiece” by GQ. With one million downloads in just one week and an ensuing battle between major record companies, the Internet and copyright advocates, the release of the Grey Album is considered a watershed moment in music history. Following his critically acclaimed 2004 debut CD with Jemini — Ghetto Pop Life, featuring The Pharcyde, Tha Alkaholiks and Cee-Lo — Danger Mouse produced the 2005 Gorillaz album, Demon Days, on Virgin Records. tom ford Tom Ford was born in Austin, Texas, but spent most of his childhood in Santa Fe, New Mexico. During his teens, Ford moved to New York and enrolled at New York University, initially attending courses in art history. He later redirected his studies to concentrate on architecture at Parsons School of Design in New York and Paris, concluding his training at Parsons in New York. In 1990, Ford moved to Milan to join Gucci as the company’s Women’s Wear Designer. He became Design Director in 1992, and, in 1994, he was appointed Creative Director of Gucci. He was responsible for the design of all product lines, from clothing to perfumes, and for the company’s corporate image, advertising campaigns and store design. In January 2000, following the acquisition of Yves Saint Laurent and YSL Beauté by Gucci Group, Ford assumed the position of Creative Director of Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche and YSL Beauté. In addition to his existing duties at Gucci, Ford worked with all creative teams at YSL to define the overall image and positioning of the YSL brand. Ford also served as Creative Director of Gucci Group. In July 2002, he was made Vice Chairman of the Management Board of Gucci Group. Ford resigned from his post at Gucci Group in April 2004, following a buyout by Pinault- Printemps-Redoute. Ford’s success in the fashion industry has been recognized by his numerous awards, including three awards from the prestigious Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) (1996, 2001, 2002); Rodeo Drive Walk of Style Award (2004); five VH1-Vogue Fashion Awards (1995, 1996, 1999, 2002, 2004); two awards from the Fashion Editor’s Club of Japan (FEC) (2000); the Style Icon award in the 1999 Elle Style Awards (UK); the British GQ International Man of the Year award (2000); the Superstar Award at the Fashion Group International’s Night of Stars (USA, 2000); Best Fashion Designer, TIME magazine (2001); and GQ Designer of the Year (2001). Most recently, Ford was awarded the first annual Fashion Design Achievement Award at the Cooper Hewitt Design Museum’s National Design Awards (2003). Ted Cohen Danger Mouse Tom Ford Kevin Hall page 81
E v e n t : P a r t i c i p a n t B i o g r a p h i e s kevan hall As a teenager, Kevan Hall attended Cass Technical High School in Detroit, where he studied fashion design, and won a scholarship michael patrick king Michael Patrick King was the leading creative force behind the HBO smash hit Sex and the City throughout the show’s remarkable page 82 | Ready to Share: Fashion & the Ownership of Creativity Kevin Jones Martin Kaplan Rick Karr sponsored by The Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising/FIDM in Los Angeles. After graduating, he received the Peacock Award for Outstanding Fashion Design. In 1982, Hall — with his wife and partner, Deborah — launched Kevan Hall Couture. His collection melded a relaxed couture look with sensible pricing that pleased retailers and clients, including celebrities Meg Ryan and Natalie Cole. Hall was among the designers chosen to dress Ethel Bradley (wife of the late Mayor Tom Bradley) for the 1984 Olympics, and was nominated in 1988 by fashion retailers and the press as one of California’s top designers. In 1989, he was included in the Soul on Seventh Avenue show sponsored by Fairchild Publications, and was given the NAACP’s Great American Designer award. His participation in the national 1990 Absolut Vodka campaign featured in Vanity Fair underscored his broadbased appeal. In 1992, he was honored by The Center of Performing Arts in Southern California with a 10-year fashion retrospective. Hall branched out into motion pictures, acting as costume consultant on 1997’s Gridlock and Eve’s Bayou. Later, Whitney Houston commissioned Hall to design a liquid gold charmeuse gown for her special appearance in the final episode of Boston Public. From 1998 to 2000, Hall revived a “dead” brand to its former glory as Design and Creative Director for Halston. His sleek eveningwear was worn by a distinguished coterie of artists, including Celine Dion, Lauren Holly, Charlize Theron, Mariah Carey, Salma Hayek and Minnie Driver. Hall has made guest appearances on national TV shows such as Inside Edition, The Better Half, SoapTalk and Extreme Makeover, discussing fashion’s current trends. His current signature Kevan Hall Collection emphasizes purity of style, detailed tailoring and sensuously draped streamlined silhouettes. In 2002, Hall won the 47 th Annual Gold Coast Fashion Award in Chicago as Designer of the Year. kevin jones A costume historian with a detailed knowledge of 18 th , 19 th and 20 th century high fashion, Kevin Jones was named curator of The Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising Museum in November 2002. After completing the Fashion Design program at The Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising/FIDM, Jones went on to receive a B.A. in Art History at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Following graduation, Jones was hired by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art where he worked as a coordinator for Information Systems and coordinator for the Art Museum Council. Jones was then brought back to The FIDM Museum by its former curator to oversee the 12,000-piece costume collection as Collections Manager. Jones has lectured and given tours as well as television, radio and newspaper interviews. He is an active member of the Costume Society of America and a member of the Titanic Historical Society. martin kaplan Martin Kaplan, Associate Dean of the USC Annenberg School for Communication, is the Director of the Norman Lear Center. A summa cum laude graduate of Harvard in molecular biology, a Marshall Scholar to Cambridge University and a Stanford Ph.D., he has been an Aspen Institute program officer; a federal education staffer; Vice President Walter F. Mondale’s chief speechwriter and deputy presidential campaign manager; a vice president of motion picture production for Disney Studios; a film and television writer and producer (The Distinguished Gentleman, Noises Off, Max Q: Emergency Landing); and a radio host and commentator. Kaplan is editor of The Harvard Lampoon Centennial Celebration, 1876-1973; co-author (with Ernest L. Boyer) of Educating for Survival; and editor of The Monday Morning Imagination and What Is An Educated Person? At USC he has taught graduate and undergraduate courses in media and politics; campaign communication and entertainment; and communication and society. six-year run. For the last five seasons, he was the show’s head writer and chief executive producer. For his work as a writer on Sex and the City he was nominated for three Emmys and three Writers Guild Awards. He was nominated twice for the best director Emmy, winning for “The Real Me,” an episode that also garnered him one of his three Directors Guild nominations. King began his career in New York as an aspiring actor, then began performing standup comedy and writing plays. He eventually moved to Los Angeles where he began writing and producing Murphy Brown. King also has served as a writer and consulting producer for the hit show Will & Grace. In June 2005, he debuted the HBO faux-reality series, The Comeback, created with and starring Lisa Kudrow. norman lear Norman Lear has enjoyed a long career in television and film, and as a political and social activist and philanthropist. Known as the creator of Archie Bunker and All in the Family, Lear’s television credits include Sanford & Son; Maude; Good Times; The Jeffersons; Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman; Fernwood 2Nite; and the dramatic series Palmerstown, U.S.A. His motion picture credits include Cold Turkey, Divorce American Style, Fried Green Tomatoes, Stand By Me and The Princess Bride. In 1999, President Clinton bestowed him the National Medal of Arts noting that “Norman Lear has held up a mirror to American society and changed the way we look at it.” He has the distinction of being among the first seven television pioneers inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame (1984). He received four Emmy Awards (1970, 1971, 1972, 1973) and a Peabody Award (1977) for All in the Family, as well as awards from the International Platform Association (1977), the Writers Guild of America (1977) and many other professional and civic organizations. Lear has brought his distinctive vision to politics, academia and business by founding several non-profit organizations, including People For the American Way (1980-present); the Norman Lear Center at the USC Annenberg School for Communication (2000-present) and the Business Enterprise Trust (1989-2000). In 2000, Lear and his wife, Lyn Davis Lear, along with a friend, bought one of only 25 surviving original prints of the Declaration of Independence. The Lears are now the sole owners of this document, the “Dunlap broadside,” which was printed on the night of July 4, 1776. From 2001 until the presidential election of 2004, the document toured the country as the centerpiece of the Declaration of Independence Road Trip, and its spinoff, the “Declare Yourself” young voter activism project. Through its aggressive outreach to young and first-time voters, the “Declare Yourself” project resulted in the registration of over 1 million new voters in the 2004 general election. Lear’s business career began in 1959 with his co-founding of Tandem Productions, Inc. In 1974, he and his partners created T.A.T. Communications, later known as Embassy Communications. He is currently chairman of Act III Communications, a multimedia holding with interests in the recording, motion picture, broadcasting and publishing industries. booth moore A former columnist for the Washington Post, Booth Moore joined the Los Angeles Times in 1996 in the Calendar section, writing the daily column “SoCal Confidential,” and later moving into a field that had always been a passionate interest for her — fashion — joining The Times’ fashion writing staff. She is now a staff of one, and in June 2004, was named Fashion Critic, the first time that title has been given to a fashion writer in the paper’s history. She covers the world of fashion, with a special focus on the industry in Southern California, and twice each year attends and covers Fashion Weeks in New York, Milan and Paris. When the 9-11 tragedy occurred during New York Fashion Week 2001, she was assigned to the event, and received an Editorial Award from The Times for her coverage. Norman Lear Booth Moore Richard Jeremy Nichols rick karr A broadcast and print journalist who contributes regularly to several public television and radio programs, Rick Karr also is an richard jeremy nichols Richard Nichols is the thriving force behind an anomaly in music called “The Next Movement,” also known as hip-hop soul. Nichols Michael Patrick King adjunct professor at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He currently is writing and developing TechnoPop: How Technology Makes and Un-Makes Popular Music, a book and documentary television series that examines technology’s impact on the sound and business of music from Bach to Britney. The TechnoPop project garnered him fellowships in 2004 from the MacDowell Colony and the Center for the Public Domain. From 1999 to 2004, Karr reported from New York on culture and technology for National Public Radio News. In 1998 and 1999, he hosted the groundbreaking NPR music and culture magazine show, Anthem. Karr has written about culture, technology and pop music for The Nation, New Musical Express, Sounds and Stereo Review. A longtime musician, record producer, recording engineer and songwriter, Karr performs with his acclaimed band, Box Set Authentic. began his career in community outreach, creating a truce between local gangs in Philadelphia while working as a jazz DJ for WRTI- FM. In the early-1990s, he founded Watch Your Back Management with artists including female MC Shorty No Mas (De La Soul), Scott Storch (producer of Dr. Dre and Questlove), and the group that put him on the map, The Square Roots, who later became known as The Roots. Nichols produced The Roots’ critically acclaimed Do You Want More for Geffen Records. In 1999, he founded a boutique label, Motive/MCA records, and released The Roots’ “You Got Me,” featuring Erykah Badu, which won that year’s Rap Performance Grammy. Nichols and The Roots support and develop artists with Okayplayer.com; a 24-hour working demo studio and rehearsal space; and an “idea lab” called The Black Lily, which combines open mic with showcases of female artists such as The Jazzyfatnastees and Jaguar. Sam Phillips page 83
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